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Effects of psychological therapy on pain behavior of rheumatoid arthritis patients. treatment outcome and six-month followup

  1. Laurence A. Bradley PhD*,
  2. Larry D. Young PhD,
  3. Karen O. Anderson PhD,
  4. Robert A. Turner MD,
  5. Carlos A. Agudelo MD,
  6. Lisa K. Mcdaniel MA,
  7. Edward J. Pisko MD,
  8. Elliott L. Semble MD,
  9. Timothy M. Morgan PhD

Article first published online: 13 DEC 2005

DOI: 10.1002/art.1780301004

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Arthritis & Rheumatism

Arthritis & Rheumatism

Volume 30, Issue 10, pages 1105–1114, October 1987

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Bradley, L. A., Young, L. D., Anderson, K. O., Turner, R. A., Agudelo, C. A., Mcdaniel, L. K., Pisko, E. J., Semble, E. L. and Morgan, T. M. (1987), Effects of psychological therapy on pain behavior of rheumatoid arthritis patients. treatment outcome and six-month followup. Arthritis & Rheumatism, 30: 1105–1114. doi: 10.1002/art.1780301004

Author Information

  1. Sections on Medical Psychology and Rheumatology and the Center for Preventive Medicine and Biometry, Bowman Gray School of Medicine of Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, North Carolina.

*Section on Medical Psychology, Bowman Gray School of Medicine of Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, NC 27103

Publication History

  1. Issue published online: 13 DEC 2005
  2. Article first published online: 13 DEC 2005
  3. Manuscript Accepted: 25 MAR 1987
  4. Manuscript Received: 25 MAR 1986

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  • Dr. Bradley's work was supported by Robert Wood Johnson Foundation grant8236

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Abstract

A randomized clinical trial was performed to evaluate a psychological treatment intervention and a social support program, compared with a control program in which no adjunct treatment was rendered, and their effects upon pain behavior, affect, and disease activity of 53 patients with rheumatoid arthritis. The psychological intervention produced significant reductions in patients' pain behavior and disease activity at posttreatment. Significant reductions were also observed in trait anxiety at posttreatment and 6-month followup. Relaxation training may have been the most important component of the psychological intervention. The social support program produced a significant reduction in trait anxiety only at posttreatment. This is the first well-controlled study to demonstrate reduced pain behavior, disease activity, and trait anxiety following psychological treatment.

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